These features look at issues such as corporate social
responsibility programmes and they showcase good examples from
around the world. For the next feature – which will be published
on The Guardian online at the end of November – UNICEF and The
Guardian want to hear your views about the role that businesses
can play in the development and well-being of children. By
sharing your thoughts on UNICEF’s global youth community – Voices
of Youth – the best entry will be published on-line.

So you stand the chance to be published in this next special
feature!

Q: Ok, I’m interested. What is the topic that I need to write
about?

The question that you should try to answer in your written piece
is:

“Why is it important for children & youth to have a voice
in business?”

· Look for reputable facts and statistics that can help you back
up your opinions – for example look up data about how many
children there in your country or research successful examples
from your country where a business is doing something good for
children.

· If you have writer’s block try to think about these questions
when you write– they will help you structure it:

- As an online user, in what ways do you think businesses
should be impacting/empowering your life?

- As a consumer, how do you think businesses should impact
your life and the lives of other children?

- As the next generation of leaders, how do you think
technology /consumer based/financial based businesses should be
impacting/empowering the lives of children?

- What do you think is the role of businesses when it comes to
voicing out children’s needs/concerns?

- If you became a business leader today, what would be one of
the first things you would do to make this world a better/safer
place for children?

Q: What do I need to know to participate?

· Your piece should be between 300 and 500 words long.

· Your piece needs to be written in English.

· Deadline for submissions is 18 November 2013.

· You must be 24 years old or younger.

· The piece you write must be an original piece written by
you. If you use any information from other websites or
quotations from people you should indicate who they are from and
the sources (name of the book, website URL).

· The winning piece that will appear in The Guardian & UNICEF
Sustainable Business Supplement will be selected by a panel of
judges from The Guardian and UNICEF. The supplement will appear
online-only. Runner-up submissions may be featured too.

· Your name, age, and location will be published in the
supplement.

· The editors of The Guardian may edit the grammar of the winning
piece for publication purposes.